Dr.
Kent L. Tedin is Professor of Political Science. He was chairman of the
political science department from 1986 to 2002. He received his Ph.D. from
the University of Iowa in 1974. He taught previously at the College of
William and Mary.

His
areas of interest are public opinion, survey research methods, and
statistics.

He
has published articles in the American Political Science Review, the American
Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, the Public
Opinion Quarterly, and is coeditor of American and Texas Government. is coauthor of American
Public Opinion: Its Origins, Contents and Impact, 7th edition
revised (2007).

His
current research interests are in public opinion and education (school choice, financial equalization, bond referenda), the transmission of partisanship from parents to children , the effect of the president "going public" on political opinions, and the federal attack on the David Koresh led religious compound in Waco and its effect on public opinion.